Notes: Llong station opened in 1849 as part of the Mold Railway
Companies double track line from Saltney near Chester to Mold.
The line was extended to Denbigh Junction on 12/09/1869 by the
Mold & Denbigh Junction Railway and it would become known
as the Chester to Denbigh line. Llong Station closed as a wartime
economy measure from 1.1.1917 to 5.5.1919
Although this line could never be described as a main line it
did host regular passenger services between Corwen, Ruthin, Denbigh,
Mold and Chester although by the early 1960's the only service
to operate was the all stations Chester General to Denbigh and
Ruthin service which usually consisted of only two coaches.
The station closed on 30.4.1962 but as section of the line was
reopened in 1974 to serve a chemical factory just to the west
of Mold until March 1983 but by this time it was connected into
the former GCR Bidston to Wrexham line close to the site of Hope
Low Level. This last remnant of the Chester - Denbigh line was
lifted in the summer of 1985.
To see the other
stations on the Chester - Denbigh line click on the station name: Saltney Ferry, Broughton
& Bretton, Kinnerton,
Hope &
Pen-y-ffordd, Hope
Low Level, Padeswood
& Buckley, Mold, Rhydymwyn, Star
Crossing, Nannerch, Caerwys, Bodfari,
& Denbigh |